Britain's Compass launches equity offer as lockdowns hit caterer

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(Reuters) - Compass Group launched a 2 billion pound share offer on Tuesday, seeking to reduce debt and help it cope with the impact of the coronavirus crisis which threatens to make the world's largest caterer a "slightly smaller business".Reporting results a day earlier than expected, the company said underlying operating profit for the six months to the end of March dropped 10% to 854 million..